Flytrap



' FLYTRAP.

APPLlcAloN man 1AN.23. 1920.

Patented Sepp. 21,1929. 7

UNITED, STATES PATENT. OFFICE FRANK swIcKARD, or FORT BRIDGER,l WYOMING,AssreNoa oFNINETYi-NINE Y, 'FLYTRAR To all whom it may cof/Ledru;

Be it known that I, FRANK SWICKARD, a

"citizen of the United States,.residingl at Fort Bridger, in the lcountyof Uintah andl State of `Ilyoming, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Flytraps,

of which the following'is a specification.

Thisv invention relates to iy traps and more ,particularly to that classof such: devices adapted to be used as a combined fly trap andexterminator which is' so constructed as to provide an ornamentalstructure presenting an attractive appearanceand concealing the iieswhich have been trapped and confined in the exterminating liquid,V

and combination of the various relatedparts4 of a Hy trap andexterminator as described in the following specification and moreparticularly pointed out in the annexed claims. Referring to theaccompanying drawings forming a portion of this specification,illustrating the preferred embodiment of this invention and in whichlike charactersof reference indicate the same parts wherever used,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the device and Y Y Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the base section. y

3 designates a base preferably formed of glass or the like and having anannular portion 4 from which extends a raised central portion 6 having abait holding cup 7 Between the portion 6 and the exterior periphery ofthe abutment 5, andA in connection with the bait receptacle 7, there areformed a pluralityof main grooves 8, ex-

tending to the periphery of the abutment 5,

' having a series of grooves 9-10-11--12 angularly disposed thereto andin communication therewith, and also extending to the periphery of theabutment 5, the adjacent grooves 12 of each of the series beinginternp'pncation inea January 23, 1920. vseriai'iw; 353,542.

tween them and the portion 6are 'V shaped rentrant grooves 14 havingbranches 15 and PER.l CENT. T0l LAURA J. SWICKARD ,0F FORT BRIDG-ER,'VVYOlVIINGr.v @l5 s Fspeifioatio f Leffersvarfent P'arent'ed sept.rezo.l

connected byV shaped grooves 13 which "do not extend totheperi'phery ofthe'zja'butf` e' 16, the said branches openingfinto the wallsH of thebait receptacle 7 f.

Suitablyshaped to rest luponl the" basef3'r so as to form a closure fortheopenportion of the grooves just described to provide V passagesthrough-theabutment 5 is aivess'el 16 yof glass or the like having itsexterior coated or otherwise treated to form an ornamental opaqueVsurface 17 up to the line a--a of Fig. 1 in order to conceal theinsecticide solution 18 contained within the vessel 16.

The portion of the vessel 16 above thev line a-a presents a transp-arentpart V19 abo-ve which the walls thereof are ycontracted to form a neck20 which receives a vase 21 for flowers or the like' forming with itsclosed end 22 a stopper for the vessel 16 easily removable for thecleansing of such vessel and the refilling thereof with' the insecticidesolution 18 abovereferred to.` TheV bottom of the vessel 16 is providedwith an inwardly projecting tubular entrance passageway 23, having anopening 24 above the opaque coating 17 and in the plane of thetransparent portion 19 and concentric with the bait cup 7, the interiorwall `25 of the member 23 being so disposed as tolie in prolongation yofthe grooves 8 as they are continued upwardly through the portion 6. Inoperation the device just .described functions inthe following manner:

Flies, or other insects, attracted bythe l sents the easiest modethereof, theinsects being additionally attractedthereto by light whichenters through the transparentfportion 19 illuminating'the opening 24,thus A causing the insects to circulate withinthe vessel 16 above thesolution 18 contact with which fwill exterminate such insects, thepresence of whichA in said solutionis effec# tively concealed by theopaque portion'17., Y i

The rentrant passageways formed by the grooves 13 and 14-15 form a meansfor baffling the escape of insects from the device as do the V grooves13 Which communicate With theouter air only through the grooves 8 whichalso enter the cup 7.

It Will thus be seen that there is provided an efficient and ornamentaldevice of the character set forth, sanitary and easy to clean `andrefill and devoid of the usual objectionable features ofthe usual flytraps.

Vhile a preferred embodiment of the invention is herein shownv anddescribed, this invention is limited only to. the scope of the annexedclaims and not to the particular illustrated form. y

What I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patentis:

l. In a Hy trap, in combination, a base, a vessel on said base andforming therewith aiplurality of entrance and rentrant passageways,entrance means for said vessel and an insecticide carried by saidvessel.

I 2. In a fly trap, in combination, a base, a

' vessel removably mounted on said base and forming therewith aplurality of entrance and re'e'ntrant passageways, entrance means forsaid vessel and an insecticide carried by said vessel.

3. In a fly trap, in combination, a base having an outer annularportion, a concaved portion Within said annular portion, grooves linsaid concavedY portion, a raised portion FRANK SWICKARD. Witnesses M. V;PETERMAN, C. WV. LAHMAN.

